Posts
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Inside New York’s Concrete Jungle with Amy Karpati
Ecologist and environmental educator Amy Karpati discusses urban ecosystems and paths to restoration in New York City and beyond.
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Sea Level Rise: A Crash Course for All
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory presents a public lecture on the driving forces and dynamics reshaping global coastlines.
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1,000-Plus Years of Tree Rings Confirm Historic Extremity of 2021 Western North America Heat Wave
Scientists quickly pronounced the summer 2021 heat wave that hit western North America to be unprecedented, but they had no long-term physical proof. Now they do.
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Climate and Society Alumni Work Together to Build Coastal Resilience
Working in the same think tank but in different roles, two alumni show how the Climate and Society program prepares students for a variety of career paths.
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The Pros and Cons of Working from Home
Looking at remote work from the perspective of management, one can see advantages and disadvantages; organizations will continue to search for the balance of in-person and remote work that best fits their operation.
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The Squeeze on Powering the Open Road
Transitioning to electric vehicles and renewable energy will require us to use limited, difficult-to-attain natural resources. Extracting those minerals has environmental consequences, and we don’t even know if the planetary supply can meet such a vast demand.
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“Urgency. Gravity. Hope.” World’s Top Climate Report Highlights Dire Need for Climate Action
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s assessment report issues catastrophic warning if immediate climate action is not taken by governments across the globe.
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Simplifying the Language of the Climate Crisis
Climate and clean-energy communication is filled with numbing jargon and complexity. But clarity is needed to connect and empower. A simple writing tool might help.
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Exploring the Sundarbans and Back to Dhaka
Our group of 24 Americans and Bangladeshis continued to explore the Sundarbans mangrove forest, rice farming in embanked low-lying islands, and heritage sites of Bangladesh.
